Today's Celebrity Birthdays 5/17

Dennis Hopper - age 72 - actor and filmmaker best known for his roles in "Apocalypse Now," "Blue Velvet," "Hoosiers" and "Speed"

Pervis Jackson - age 70 - American vocalist for the R&B and soul group The Spinners, also known as the Detroit Spinners

Taj Mahal - age 66 - American blues singer-songwriter and musician

Jesse Winchester - age 64 - American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician

Bill Bruford - age 59 - British drummer for the progressive rock groups Yes and King Crimson

George Johnson - age 55 - American vocalist and guitarist in the R&B and funk duo the The Brothers Johnson

Bill Paxton - age 53 - American actor and director who was in "Aliens," "Apollo 13" and "Titanic;" currently plays Bill Henrickson on HBO's "Big Love"

Bob Saget - age 52 - American comedian, actor, TV host and filmmaker best known as Danny Taylor on ABC's "Full House" and the host of ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos"

Enya - age 47 - Grammy-winning Irish new age singer-songwriter

Craig Ferguson - age 46 - Scottish-American comedian, actor, TV host and writer who currently hosts CBS's "The Late Late Show"

Page McConnell - age 45 - American pianist and keyboardist for the jam rock band Phish

Trent Reznor - age 43 - American vocalist, musician and producer for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails

Hill Harper - age 42 - American actor who was in the film "He Got Game" and currently plays Det. Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on CBS's "CSI: NY"

Thom Filicia - age 39 - American interior design expert and TV personality who was on Bravo's Emmy-winning "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"

Jordan Knight - age 38 - American singer-songwriter for the boy band New Kids on the Block

Josh Homme - age 35 - American singer-songwriter, musician and founding member of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age

Andrea Corr - ag 34 - Irish singer and musician who is the frontwoman for the Celtic folk rock and pop family band The Corrs

Sendhil Ramamurthy - age 34 - American actor best known as Mohinder Suresh on NBC's "Heroes"

Kandi Burruss - age 32 - Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter who was a member of the R&B quartet Xscape

Tahj Mowry - age 22 - American actor who starred in The WB's "Smart Guy" and is the voice of Wade on the Disney Channel's "Kim Possible"